Rebecca Asedillo

Journey of the Heart

History & Biography

“United Methodist deaconesses in the Philippines could aptly be called unsung heroines of the faith. But with her book, Journey of the Heart, Sharon Rae McCart has made sure that is no longer the case. With sheer grit and determination, fueled by a passion and love for deaconess/home missioners and the work that they do, McCart journeyed several times to the Philippines—notwithstanding martial law, Covid, and very rough terrains—to live amongst them, and to witness how they carried out their various ministries faithfully, and with great dedication. While she lifts up the exemplary witness and faith of these deaconess/home missioners, some of whom faced dangerous risks for standing up for justice, human rights, and on behalf of the poor and oppressed, Sharon Rae McCart’s own faith shows through in the stories she told of them, and in her expressions of Christian mission as being in solidarity with ‘the least of these’ (Matt 25:40).”